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Rogue Wave
- Record Label: Easy Sound Recording Company
- Release Date: Apr 29, 2016
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Apr 28, 2016In general, you can tell that a lot of thought has gone into Delusions of Grand Fur. This is true of the well-crafted songs themselves, but also of the fluid trajectory of the album and the powerful lyrical subject matter.
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Apr 28, 2016All in all, Rogue Wave's sixth album is an unqualified triumph.
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Apr 28, 2016With 12 songs that include the band's usual absence of lazy filler, Delusions of Grand Fur is a sturdy and worthwhile outing that's likely to please and impress fans.
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MagnetJun 1, 2016It's an established formula: Regression to the mean is inevitable. That said, there are plenty of familiar pleasures for those who investigate. [No. 131, p.56]
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Apr 29, 2016When it works, Delusions of Grand Fur makes a case as Rogue Wave’s strongest album, an expansion of sound anchored by the omnipresent sweetness of Rogue’s voice. But where it falls short, the ghosts of Permalight and Nightingale Floors loom ever larger, a haunting reminder of the growing distance between the band’s sterling Sub Pop debut and current quagmire.
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Apr 28, 2016As much as the record flirts with reinvention—personal, political, musical--its modest ambition sounds exactly like complacency.